Man killed by boulder dropped from California freeway overpass

PASADENA, CA (WCMH) - A California man was killed Tuesday when someone dropped a heavy boulder through his windshield on a Pasadena freeway.

It happened shortly before 9pm Tuesday on the 134 Freeway in Pasadena, KCAL reports.

According to the California Highway Patrol, a 30 to 35 pound boulder, roughly the size of a volleyball, was dropped from the overpass. It landed on a 2017 Toyota Corrola traveling west on the highway. Inside was, 23-year-old Christopher Lopez, his wife, 21-year-old Guadalupe Gutierrez, and their four-year-old daughter.

The rock went through the passenger window, striking Lopez. Gutierrez then drove Lopez to an area hospital.